Automobile-chain-hook holder



P. V. OHLHEISER.

AUTOMOBILE CHAIN HOOK HOLDER.

APPLgcATxoN FILED SEPT. 1e, 1920.

1,366,481. Mmmm. 25,1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL V. OHLHEISER, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

AUTOMOBILE-CHAIN-HOOK HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 25,v 1921.

Application led September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,029.

y open up and the chain is readily detached from the wheel, particularlyin mud, and falls oit the wheel unnoticed.

The general object of this invention is to provide a holder or fasteningdevice adapted tov be applied upon the hook of the automobile chain tohold thelatter closedand prevent anypossibility of the hook beingaccidentally opened.

Y A further object is to provide a device of this description whichembraces the hook and which is held in place by a pintle so arrangedthat it is practically impossible to remove the pintle exceptintentionally and by hand.

Another object is to provide a device ot .this character which is simplein construction, which is readily applied and removed, and which isthoroughly eii'ective for the purpose designed.

but open;

My invention is illustrated in the accompanyingV drawings, whereinFigure lisa side elevation of a portiono an automobile wheel and tirechain.k with* my device applied thereto;

, Fig. 9. is a side elevation of the lock of the tire chain with myclasp applied thereto Fig. 3 isa Fig. 4 is a open;V c u 'Fig. .5 isaperspective viewvof theclockpin.

perspective view ofthe Vclasp ings, my'device comprisesaholder or claspadapted to embrace the coactingfpivoted hooks of an automobile tirechain, this release the hooks or closed to embrace the hooks,:`and thesetwo sections being formed V' with coacting eyes and a locking pininsectional view onithe line 3 3 .of.Fig.2;

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sertible through the eyes to hold the sections closed.

In detail my construction comprises two oppositely disposed plates orsections 10 and 1 1, the section 1() being longer than the section 11,and these sections being hingedly `connected to each other by providingcoact- Vbetween them. These eyes are also elongated or elliptical inform and disposed at an aneyes 14 are disposed at vnearly a right angleto the eye 15, and when the two sections'lO and 11 are-closed upon eachother, only the extremities of these eyes 14 and 15 register, the lowerportions of the eyes 14 being out of register with the lower portion ofthe eyes 15, as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 3. Coacting with theseeyes 14 and 15 is a locking pin 16 which is straight for the greaterlportion of its length, is formed with a head 17 on one end, and at itsopposite end is angularly bent, as at 18, to provide a laterallyprojecting lug having a length slightly less than the majoraxis of theelliptical eyes 14 and 15.

nection between the two sections 10 and 11 is not disposed verticallybeneath thev meeting ends of the two sections when the sections areclosed but to one side of the vertical axis cutting these lmeeting ends.Thus the section 10 is wider than the sectionll so as to viorin a hatportion 19 forming the bottom of the holder,then the side wall is Vupwardly and outwardly bent and then extends upward and inward, whilethe section 10 is upwardly and outwardly extended from its pivotal pointand then inwardly Each of the sections 10 and 11 at one end is cut away,as at 20, to receive the head of the pivot bolt of the locking -Y hookson the chain, and the section 11 vat the end opposite this cut awayportion 21 istormed with a lug or projection 22.

I have illustrated in Fig. 1 my device as applied to an ordinary form oftire chain gle to the vertical axis of the device, but the angle ofapproximately 270 in order to having as vfastening means therefor thehook-like member A, and a coacting member or keeper B which embraces thehooklike member 'and is Jivoted thereto by -a transverse pivot bolt (J.This is a commonl form of fastening device for tire chains and it is toprevent this fastening device frein y opening accidentally that Ihave-devised my holder.

The links D of the tire chain are formed with eyes 'to embrace theopposite heads of the bolt C.

In actual use, this device is placed over the coacting hooks A and Bafter the latter are closed, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The' two sectionsand 11 are forced together so asV to bring the extremities of the eyes14' and 15 into Lalinement with each other, and then the locking pin 164is put in place. This is put in place by turning the pin soas to carrythis 'lug '1S into alinement with the y*elongatedleye 11i opposite thestop lug 22. It is then forcedthrough this elongated eye 14 and 1s thenrotated through an angle of Y approximately270o until the lug is inaline- Vment with the elongated eye 15. The pin isthen forced throughthis eye and is again turned 'through an angle of approximately 270"luntil the lug is 1n alinement with the second eye 14 and is then forcedthrough axis of the adjacent eye 15. Then the pin is withdrawn androtated to carry the lug 18 into alinement with the major axis of theeye l15 and then withdrawn through this t eye.

Then and only then can the pin be withdrawn. It requires, therefore, notonly shall the pin move longitudinally, but that itl shall be rotatedeach time through an withdraw the pin. Hence the device is lockedagainst any accidental movement.

yFurthermore, the strain on the two sections is'suiiicient to cause theeyes to bind fairly 7tightlyrupon 'the pin which will tend to thest awayfrom the tire.

frictionally resist any 'accidentalrotation of they pin.`

j In using 'this device it is to be placed 55.

around thechain hook, after the other end of the chain has 'been caughtVin the hook,

withl the hinge portion 12 on the lower outer y edge of thehook, thewide side or section 10 'of the holder facing inward. The relativelynarrow section 11'is disposed far- The chains are placed around the tireand then hooked,

nthen the holder is placed around the chain hook, and then the pin'isinserted as above described. It will be'obvious that one ofY thesesections, as for instance the section 11, could be permanently attachedto the v chain hook by the rivet or pintle C which holds the two partsof the chain hook together. Y

`While I have illustrated a particular form of my invention, it will beobvious that many changes might be made in the details of constructionand arrangement of parts without departing lfrom the spirit thereof.

I claim Y 1. An automobile chain hook holdercomprising two sectionsoperatively hinged to each other and formed to embrace a chain when thesections are closed, and means for detachably locking the free edges" ofthe sections' in engagement with each other including ainemher removablefromits locking engagement with the section by combined longitudinal androtative movement. l2. An automobile chain hook holder comprising twosections operatively hinged to each other and formed to embrace a chainwhen the sections are closed, means for detachably locking thefree edgesof the sections in engagement with each otherand including coactingelongated eyes on the free edges of the two sections, the longer axis ofan eye on one section extending at an angle to the longer axis of acoacting eye on the other section whereby said sections may be disposedin alinement with each other but not in register, and a lockingpin'passing through said eyes andhaving a radially projectingV lugrequiring to be brought into alinement with each elongated eyesuccessively in order that it may pass through the several eyes and bewithdrawn and inserted.

3. An automobile chain vhook holder comprising two sections operativelyhinged'to each other and formed toembrace a chain when the sections areclosed, means fordetachably locking the free edges ofthe sections inengagement with each other and including: coacting elongated eyes on thetwo sections, vthe extremities only of the eyes "being adapted toregister with each other,

and a locking pin passing through said eyes, the locking pin beingprovided with'a radially projecting lug at one extremity requiring to bebrought into alinement'with each elongated Veye in order thatit (maypass through the eyes and be withdrawn or inserted.V C f 4. Anautomobile chain hook holder com prising two sections operatively hingedto each other and formed to embrace ,a chain when 'the sections areclosed, means for cletachably locking 'the free edges of thesectionsinengagement with each other 4 and including coacting elongated .eyes onthe two sections, the extremities only of the eyes being adapted toregister with each other, 'and a locking pinpassing through said eyes,the locking pin being provided with a radially projecting lug at oneextremity requiring to be brought into alinement with each elongated eyein order that it may pass throughthe eyes and be withdrawn or in- Yserted, one of said sections being provided with ka stop lug againstwhich the lug on theA pin strikes when the pin has been fully insertedand the lug turned out of alinement with the adjacent eye. s

5. An'automobile chain hook holder co1nprising two sections hinged toeach other, the sections being outwardly bent and vthere-V by adapted toembrace a chain hook, the free ends of the sections being formed withelongated eyes, the eyes on one section being disposed in staggeredrelation to the eye ,on the other section, the eye on one sectionextending at an angle to the eyes on the other section whereb Vtheextremitiesof said eyes may be broug t into 'alin'ementv with each otherwhen Vthe holder is clasped upon al hook, and a lockingpin insertiblerthrough said eyes, said locking pin havingl ahead on one end and at itsopposite end being formed with a radially projecting lug having a lengthapproximately that of the eyes, one end of one of the sections beingprovided witha stop'lug with which said lug on the pin is adapted toengage when the pin is kfully inserted and rotated.

, 6. An automobile chain hook holder comprising two lateral sections,both of said sections being outwardly bent so that the sec- :tionsdescribean approximate ellipse when closed, one of said sections beingless in width than the other, the last named section having a Hatportion intersecting the major axis of said ellipse and the sectionsbeing hinged to each other along the edge of this fiat portion the freeedges of the sections being formed with coacting elongated eyes, theeyes of one section being disposed at an angle to the eyes of the othersection and the` extremities only of said eyes registering when thesections are closed, and aflocking pin insertible through said eyes andhaving a head'on one end, and a radially projecting lug on the other endhaving a length approximately the same as the length of the eyes.

'l'. An automobile chain hook holder comprising two lateral sections,both of said sections being outwardly bent so that the sections describeanapproxiniateellipse when closed, one of Y said sections bein less inlength than the other andiless in wldth than on one end, and a radiallyprojecting lug on the other end having a length approxi-v mately thesame as the length of the eyes.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

PAUL V. OHLHEISER.

